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Very Good: A book that has been read but is in excellent condition. No obvious damage to the cover, ...
Type
Paperback
ISBN
9781474252843
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Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN-10
1474252842
ISBN-13
9781474252843
eBay Product ID (ePID)
209759154

Product Key Features

Book Title
Philosophy and Simulation : the Emergence of Synthetic Reason
Number of Pages
232 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Philosophy & Social Aspects, General
Publication Year
2015
Genre
Philosophy, Science
Author
Manuel Delanda
Format
Trade Paperback

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0.5 in
Item Weight
8.3 Oz
Item Length
7.8 in
Item Width
5.1 in

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The topic of this clearly written and well-documented text is the philosophical concept of emergence... Imaginative defences of philosophical realism are certainly to be applauded, and given the critical role that mathematical modelling occupies in both scientific and technical practices today, questioning computer simulation is undoubtedly important. Philosophy and Simulation does an interesting job of the former via the latter.
Dewey Edition
22
Dewey Decimal
003
Table Of Content
Introduction: Emergence in History \ 1. The Storm in the Computer \ 2. Cellular Automata and Patterns of Flow \ 3. Artificial Chemistries and the Prebiotic Soup \ 4. Genetic Algorithms and the Prebiotic Soup \ 5. Genetic Algorithms and Ancient Organisms \ 6. Neural Nets and Insect Intelligence \ 7. Neural Nets and Mammalian Memory \ 8. Multiagents and Primate Strategies \ 9. Multiagents and Stone Age Economics \ 10. Multiagents and Primitive Language \ 11. Multiagents and Archaic States \ Appendix: Links to Assemblage Theory \ Index
Synopsis
In this groundbreaking book, Manuel Delanda analyzes all the different genres of simulation (from cellular automata and generic algorithms to neural nets and multi-agent systems) as a means to conceptualize the possibility spaces associated with casual (and other) capacities. Simulations allow us to stage actual interactions among a population of agents and to observe the emergent wholes that result from those interactions.. . Simulations have become as important as mathematical models in theoretical science. As computer power and memory have become cheaper they have migrated to the desktop, where they now play the role that small-scale experiments used to play. A philosophical examination of the epistemology of simulations is needed to cement this new role, underlining the consequences that simulations may have for materialist philosophy itself.. . This remarkably clear philosophical discussion of a rapidly growing field, from a thinker at the forefront of research at the interface of science and the humanities, is a must-read for anyone interested in the philosophy of technology and the philosophy of science at all levels., In this groundbreaking book, Manuel Delanda analyzes all the different genres of simulation (from cellular automata and generic algorithms to neural nets and multi-agent systems) as a means to conceptualize the possibility spaces associated with casual (and other) capacities. Simulations allow us to stage actual interactions among a population of agents and to observe the emergent wholes that result from those interactions.Simulations have become as important as mathematical models in theoretical science. As computer power and memory have become cheaper they have migrated to the desktop, where they now play the role that small-scale experiments used to play. A philosophical examination of the epistemology of simulations is needed to cement this new role, underlining the consequences that simulations may have for materialist philosophy itself.This remarkably clear philosophical discussion of a rapidly growing field, from a thinker at the forefront of research at the interface of science and the humanities, is a must-read for anyone interested in the philosophy of technology and the philosophy of science at all levels., In this groundbreaking book, Manuel Delanda analyzes all the different genres of simulation (from cellular automata and generic algorithms to neural nets and multi-agent systems) as a means to conceptualize the possibility spaces associated with casual (and other) capacities. Simulations allow us to stage actual interactions among a population of agents and to observe the emergent wholes that result from those interactions. Simulations have become as important as mathematical models in theoretical science. As computer power and memory have become cheaper they have migrated to the desktop, where they now play the role that small-scale experiments used to play. A philosophical examination of the epistemology of simulations is needed to cement this new role, underlining the consequences that simulations may have for materialist philosophy itself. This remarkably clear philosophical discussion of a rapidly growing field, from a thinker at the forefront of research at the interface of science and the humanities, is a must-read for anyone interested in the philosophy of technology and the philosophy of science at all levels.
LC Classification Number
Q175.32.E44D4 2015

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